Water-closet.



No. 688,234. Patented Dec. 3, lam.

S. C. BRDWN.

WATER CLUSET.. (Application mea mar. 19, 1901'.)

(No Modal.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEiCE.

SOIIUYLER C. BROl/VN, OF SARATOGA SPRGS, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOS ET.'

SPECIFICATIOT forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,234, datediDecember 3, 1901.

Applicatin led March 19, 1901. Serial No. 51,898.' (No model.) l

To all whom t may concern/f y Be it known that I, SCHUYLER G. BRoWN, a citizen of the Unitedl States, residing at Saratoga Springs, in the county of' Saratoga and State of New York, have inven-teda new and useful Vater-Closet, of which the following is a specification.`

This invention relates to ventilators forwater-closets; and it has for its object to provide a closet-bowl constructed to receive ay cealed, so that there will be no unsightly appearance. v

.In the drawing forming a port-ion of this specification there is shown a closet-bow1 in section constructed and equipped in accordance with the present invention.

Referring now to the drawing,there is shown a closet-bowl including a body portion 5, having a base 6, adapted to rest upon the floor and provided'with the usual attaching-Hangs 7 ,and from the body of the bowl there leads a siphon 8, with which is connected the Waste-pipe 9, passed through the floor 10, upon which the bowl is disposed. It will be noted that the highest point of the siphon is somewhat lower than usualv to permit of the formation of a chamber 11, which lies above and behind the upper portion of the siphon and is what may be termed a fan-chamber, for the reason that init are disposed the fan and its operating-motor, hereinafter more specifically referred to.

The fan-chamber 1l communicates with the body of the bowl at a point directly over the siphon, said communicating opening ranging slightly downwardly, so as not to receive any Water from the fiushing-inlet 12, which is directly thereabove, a drip-flange 13 being formed at the upper side of the opening be tween the chamber and bowl-body, so that the drip will drop onto the wall 14:, behind which the siphon is formed. A iiushingtank '14', of any suitable form, is provided and communicates with the passage 15, leading to the opening 12, and it will be understood that the tank forms no part of the invention and that the bowl may be ushed in any manner desired.

The rear end of the fan-chamber 11 is open, as shown, and connected with the bowl and covering this opening is the flared end 17 of s Vthe vent-pipe 18, which passes into the partition 19 and upwardly through the wall in the usual manner. To establish a draft upwardly through the vent-pipe, afan and op.

erating-metor are-provided, the motor being shown at 2O as disposed in the chamber 11 and having a fan-wheel 21 arranged in such position and having such shape that when the motor is energized the fan-wheel ywill be rotated and will draw gases from the body of the closet-bowl and will force them into and upwardly through the vent-pipe.

The battery 23 for energizing the motor is located in the floor, and through the rear pora tion of the bowl, between the rear faces thereof and the Siphon, there is formed a passage 24, leading from the chamber 11 downwardly and through the base of the bowl to register with an opening 25 in the oor, and the circuit-wires 26 and 27 are taken from the battery upwardly through this passage, the wire 26 being connected directly with the motor, lthe wire 27 being taken through an opening in the upper wall of the chamber at one side of the inlet or ilushin g passage and connected with a contact 28 upon the closet-seat 29. The contact 28 when the seat is depressed, as when occupied, engages a fixed contact 30, connected by wire 31 with the second terminal of the motor, and thus when the seat is occupied the circuit ofthe battery will be closed through the motor and the latter will be operated to rotate the fan and ventilate the bowl, carrying all foul odors away.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and that any suitable 'materials and proportions may be used without depart ing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A closet-bowl having a waste-pipe and a iiushing-passage, and a separate Ventilatingpassage formed between the Waste-pipe and ICO tuating the fan by adepression of the closetseat. Y

2. A'closet-bowl having a Ventilating-passage formed through a wall thereof and in- 5 cluding a chamber adapted to receive a ventilating-fan, said bowl having also a wire-receiving passage com municating with the chamber and opening outwardly from the bow 3. A closet-bowl having a waste-pipe and a ushing-passage, a Ventilating-chamber in a wall of the bowl and opening into the bowl between the iiushing-passage and waste-pipe,

and a passage formed through the wall of the 15 bowl exterior to the inclosure of the bowl to receive circuit-wires.

.motor disposed in t-he chamber and having a Ventilating fan, and circuit-wires passed through the second vpassage and connected with the motor. f

\In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed m'y signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SOHUYLER C. BROWN.v Witnesses: 4

A. F. BURDICK, J. H. MCTYGUE. 

